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Privacy, PRISM, and the Future of Surveillance
June 18, 2013
A Fresh Start for U.S. Policy in Central Africa
June 18, 2013Open Society Voices
Disability Rights: An Important Test for Open Society
February 7, 2013 | Working on disability rights in societies that are not fully open, can help open up space to work on many other issues.
Q&A
Training Drug Users and Bystanders to Treat Overdose Saves Lives
February 6, 2013 | Overdose now kills more adults a year in the United States than car accidents. A new study says that distributing naloxone and training people to use it can help save lives. Dr. Alexander Walley tells us more.
The Netherlands Must Support Strong Oil Transparency Laws
February 6, 2013 | The European Union is on the cusp of agreeing to strong new transparency rules to ensure that oil, gas, and mining companies disclose their payments to host governments around the world.
A Question of Rights, Not Charity
February 6, 2013 | Developing legal experts on disability rights is helping to bring a human rights framework to Kenya and beyond.
Grantee Spotlight
Bilimkeni Academy: Bringing Online Education to Kyrgyzstan
February 6, 2013 | In a country where education resources are uneven, projects like the Bilimkeni Academy—which offers free online classes—make a real difference.
Angola: A Test Case for European Union Diplomacy
February 6, 2013 | The EU’s traditional diplomatic leverage of development assistance will not work in Angola. It will need to find more sophisticated ways to promote its values in the country.
Confronting Torture
February 5, 2013 | We’ve all heard stories about what was done in the name of the war against terror, but only with a full reckoning can the United States hope to close the door on this shameful chapter in its history.
Lolo’s Story
February 5, 2013 | Meet Lolo, a nine-year-old boy and American citizen who left the U.S. and moved to a small village in central Mexico. Lolo didn’t have to move, but he didn’t want to lose his father.
Still Waiting for an End to Police Discrimination in Spain
February 5, 2013 | Twenty years ago, Rosalind Williams was stopped by police in Spain because she did not look Spanish enough. Unfortunately, ethnic profiling still remains a problem in Spain, as elsewhere in western Europe.
20 Extraordinary Facts about CIA Extraordinary Rendition and Secret Detention
February 5, 2013 | After the 9-11 attacks against the United States, the CIA conspired with dozens of governments to build a secret extraordinary rendition and detention program that spanned the globe.